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Occupational Health Hazards Among Flour Mills Workers

NCT03678519 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2020-08-12

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Summary

Flour milling is from the oldest trade industry. Several problems arise during functioning and maintenance operations. Production process involves the breakdown of grains to separate their outer covering and inner endosperm grinding to fine flour particles. Workers are at substantial risk with two main problems causing severe health issues and accidents. The first is the improper flour milling process including intake and final products collection systems. The second is the unawareness and unavailability of PPE.

Conditions

  • Occupational Exposure

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Pulmonary function test

Pulmonary Function tests using Spirometry. It will show following indices of ventilatory functions: Forced vital capacity (FVC), Forced expiratory volume in the 1st second (FEV1) and Forced expiratory volume in the 1st second as a percentage of the Forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC %).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-30
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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